Lake County Opinion
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Important Change on How to Appeal Your Property Assessment!Mar 20, 2013 11:00 pm - Dear Resident, A recent ruling by the Lake County Board of Review affects how you appeal your property assessment! On Monday, I attended the Board of Review meeting t...
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The Missing Asian VoiceMar 20, 2013 11:00 pm - With the Senate in the midst of proposing its own comprehensive immigration reform legislation, many immigrant communities nationwide, especially in the Latino communiti...
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Endorsements: Jenner, Smith, Wilbeck for MCC Board of TrusteesMar 20, 2013 2:17 pm - When you have nine candidates vying for just three seats on a public body, you’ve either drawn the attention of the people or their ire. For McHenry County College, it’s...
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Endorsements: DeVito, Gallichio, Janquart, Mazur for Big Hollow Dist. 38 school boardMar 20, 2013 2:17 pm - The financial picture in Big Hollow School District 38 is not good. Owed money from the state, the district has a budget shortfall of $1.3 million. The school board has ...
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Endorsements: Babcock, Bokor, Ekeberg, Seiffert for Palatine Dist. 15Mar 20, 2013 2:17 pm - Although nine candidates are crowding the race for four available seats on the Palatine Elementary District 15 school board, the tenor of this contest isn’t nearly as ac...
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Endorsements: Vickers, Sobczak, Guttschow, Winkler for District 117 school boardMar 20, 2013 2:17 pm - The four-seat race for Antioch-Lake Villa High School District 117, a two-school district that reaches to the state line, features five candidates. Among the newcomers a...
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Group had obligation to challenge petitionsMar 20, 2013 11:35 am - We would like to respond to the letter printed in the Fencepost March 13 about the Ela Tax Reform Party petition challenge. We believe the letter writer, Ms. Krause, is ...
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Library incumbents have served wellMar 20, 2013 11:35 am - I was proud to serve on the Cook Library Board for six years. During most of those years, I had the privilege to serve with Bonnie Quirke and Ann Oakley. As a former bo...
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Freedom from guns is a right, tooMar 20, 2013 11:35 am - As much as I try to understand the love some people have for their guns, I can’t quite accept that their love for guns trumps my love of my right to not have guns in pub...
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Gun control only part of solutionMar 20, 2013 5:00 am - President Obama’s recent visit to Chicago and his proposed gun control legislation will do little to address the epidemic of violence in our society. In 2008, 12,000 Ame...